The Museo del Figurino Storico in Calenzano is a small museum located on the hills outside of the historic center of Florence. The museum’s unusual mission is to explain and describe history through model building: hence, during the visit, you will come across an Etruscan tomb, a Roman emperor on the quadriga, the reproduction of Matilde di Canossa and the army of the City of Florence, in addition to the Santa Maria with which Columbus reached Americas and Napoleon, up to models of planes used during the Second World War. Moreover, the museum features a small historic itinerary on model building, which reconstructs the history of the soldier and shows the various types from the origins until its current conformation. The philosophy of the museum is to learn through fun, so numerous workshops and laboratories are offered by their extensive pedagogic team.